Snap-hook



I. KORTIOK. Snap-Hook,

No. 225,756; Patented Mar. 23, 1880.

N-=IETERS. PNOTO-LI'TNOGRAPHER WASHINGTON. RC.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK KORTICK, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SNAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,756, dated March 23, 1880.

Application filed October 13, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK KORTIOK, of the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented an Improvement in Snap-Hooks; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to certain improvements in snap-hooks such as may be employed to connect various parts of a harness, and for any other purpose Where it is necessary to have an easy means for connecting and disconnecting parts and it consists in the formation of a hook having a spring latch -piece, which allows the link or other attachment to be easily connected with the hook or detached therefrom, as will be more fully described by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of my hook. Fig. 2 is a section of Fi 1.

A is a hook, having the extended shank B, with the eye or other means of connection at its opposite end. This shank is made full uphook, and when they are in that position it will be impossible to remove any link or loop from the hook.

Beneath the latch, and just in front of the pin C, is the spring E, lying beneath cross-bar a which holds the points (I of thelatch up. This spring may be spiral, flat, or any suitable form, and the points of the latch are so formed that a loop or ring may be introduced to the hook by simply pushing it against these points. The spring will allow the points to retreat or be forced backward until the ring has entered, when it will immediately force them out to their original position. The rear end of the latch projects beyond the pin, so as to form a stop, "5, which prevents the points (1 from being forced outward too far.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is A The hook-piece A B, provided with an eye, in combination with a bifurcated latch, D, having two points, d d, a cross-bar, a, and a stop, '5, and the spring E, all constructed and arranged as set forth. a

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand. I

FRANK KORTIGK. Witnesses:

FRANK A. BROOKS, S. H. N OURSE. 

